Centrifugal fountain-spittoon.



Patented July 3, I900. No 652958 P. FRASER.

CENTRIFUGAL FOUNTAIN SPITTOON.

(Application filed July 5, 1899.)

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No. 652,958. Patented July 3, 1900.

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GENTBIFUGAL FOUNTAIN S PITTOON.

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INVENTIII flow 5%A UNITED STATES PATENT OFF C PETER FRASER, OF BRIDGEWATER, MASSACHUSETTS.

CENTRIFUGAL FOUNTAIN-SPITTOON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 652,958, dated July 3, 1900.

Application filed July 5, 1899. Serial No. 722,788. (No modelJ To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER FRASER, asubject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at Bridgewater, in the county of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Centrifugal Fountain-Spittoons, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to produce a centrifugal fountain-spittoon which shall be compact, neat, and durable in construction, noiseless when in operation, and so constructed as to be thoroughly cleansed by the water which passes through it.

The invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts set forth in the following specification, and particularly pointed out in the claims thereof.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved centrifugal fountain-spittoon. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view,partly in elevation, taken through the center of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken on line 3 3, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 isa horizontal section on line '4 4, Fig. 3, looking in the direction of the arrow d, the casing being shownjn elevation. Fig. 5 is a sectional elevation of a modified form of spittoon.

In my improved fountain-spittoon I use a centrifugal water-wheel of novel construe tion, substantially the same as the waterwheel invented by me forming the subjectmatter of a separate application for Letters Patent, Serial No.'722,788.

In the drawings, D is the bowl of the spittoon, connected by a coupling 1 to the hollow standard 2. The standard 2 is supported in a base 3, in which it may be raised and lowered, being fastened thereto by a set-screw 4.

The lower end of the standard is connected by a coupling 5 to a waste-pipe 6. The standard 2 has an offset at 7, on the under side of which is a screw-threaded boss 8, to which is attached an inlet-pipe 9, connected by a coupling to a pipe or hose 11, through which the water is admitted to the spittoon, the Valve 24 serving to shut off or let on the water. The coupling 1 is screwed to the top of the standard 2 and has the spittoon-bowl D fastened thereto by the sleeve 12, which screws into the coupling 1 and has a flange .on the stationary pipe 17.

13 thereon, which engages a flange 14 upon the bowl D and holds the bowl down against a shoulder 15 in the coupling 1. A bridge 16 upon the sleeve 12 forms a support for the upper end of the inlet-pipe 17, the lower end of saidpipe' being screwed into the boss 8.

1 A is my improved centrifugal water-wheel, consisting, essentially, of two flanges 1S and 19, with buckets 20 interposed between said flanges and screwed securely thereto. The buckets 20 are curvilinear in outline, the front of each bucket being formed in a concave curve 21 and the rear of each bucket being formed in a convex curve 22. The buckets 2O are arranged concentrically around the center B of the wheel A, the portion of the curve 22 of each bucket farthest from the center B coinciding with the circle 23, forming the perimeter of the wheel A.

The buckets are so arranged and constructed that the space between the back 22 of one bucket and the front 21 of the bucket adjacent thereto gradually decreases as the distance from the center B increases until the discharge-opening 25 upon the perimeter 23 is reached. The flange 19 has a cylindrical extension 26 thereon fitted to turn freely at 27 The flange 19 is chambered at 28 to receive the balls 29, which bear against the lower face of the collar 30, screwed-to the upper end of the pipe 17, forming a ball-bearing.

The flange 18 of the water-wheel A has a' conical-shaped point 31 in the center B thereof on the under side and a stem 32 on the upper side, said stem having a disk 33 attached thereto by a screw which binds the sprayer 34 thereto. The sprayer 34 is chambered to receive the end of the stem 32 and has the disk 33 attached thereto by the bolts 35. The under side of the sprayer 34 is made conical at 36 to diverge the effluent water, as shown by arrows.

. The water-wheel A is inclosed by a casing 0, made in two parts 37 and 38. The'part 38 is screw-threaded at 39 to a collar 40, fast to the stationary inlet-pipe 17.

Between the casing 7 and the water-wheel A is a free water-space 41. A cylindrical extension 42 upon the portion 37 of the casing 0 guides the effluent water from the free water-space 41 to the sprayer 34, being flared outwardly at 43 to assist the sprayer in throwing the water outwardly from the center in a sheet upon the rotating disk By changing the shape, size, or weight of the sprayer 34 the extent and character of the eflluent stream of water upon the disk 33 may be varied, and in Fig. 5 I have illustrated a modified form of sprayer with the disk 33 removed.

It will readily be understood that by changing the curve 36 of the sprayer differentshaped eflluen't streams will result. It will also be seen and understood that the pressure of the inflowing water against the under face of the flange 18 is taken by the ball-bearing.

The bowl D has a rim 44 thereon to prevent the water from splashing over.

A pipe 45 is joined by a T 46 to the inletpipe 9 and has a valve 47 thereon from which water may be drawn in a glass 48 upon a holder 40, supported upon said pipe 45.

The operation of the device as a whole is as follows: The water enters through the pipe 9 in the direction of the arrow, Fig. 2, passes through the stationary pipe 17, striking the conical-shaped spreader 31, and diverging therefrom radially enters the space between the curvilinear fronts and backs 21 and 22 of the buckets 20, thence passing outward simultaneously from all the discharge-openings 25 25 25 on the outside or perimeter of the water-wheel A, and in a direction tangential to said perimeter the effluent water rushes out into the space 41, between the perimeter 23 of the water-wheel and the casing O. The reaction of said efiluent water upon the water in the space 41 and upon the buckets 20 of the wheel A turns said wheel in the direction of the arrows to, Fig. 4, and tends to cause the water in the space 41 to flow in the direction of the arrows b. The water passes out of the space 41 through the hollow cylindrical extension 42, and striking against the flaring face 36 of the rotating sprayer is thrown outwardly upon the disk 33 and into the bowl D, thoroughly cleansing both disk and bowl, and passing downwardly through the standard 2 and into the waste-pipe 6.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a centrifugal fountain-spittoon, a water-wheel, consisting of a series of concentrically-arranged curvilinear buckets, in combination with two flanges, one of said flanges having an opening in the center thereof to receive the water by which said wheel is rotated, and the other flange having a sprayer fast thereto, whereby the efiluent water is thrown outwardly from the center thereof.

2. In a centrifugal fountain-spittoon, a water-wheel, consisting of a series of concentrically-arranged curvilinear buckets,in combination with two flanges, one of said flanges having an opening in the center thereof to receive the water by which said wheel is rotated, the other flange having a sprayer fast thereto, in combination with a casing encircling said wheel, with a water-space between the perimeter of said wheel and said casing.

3. In a centrifugal fountain-spittoon, a water-wheel consisting of a series of concentrically-arranged curvilinear buckets, in combination with two flanges, one of said flanges having an opening in the center thereof to receive the water by which the wheel is rotated, the other flange having a sprayer fast thereto, and a disk 33 fast to said sprayer, in combination with a casing encircling said wheel, with a water-space between the perimeter of said wheel and said casing, and

having an extension 37 thereon, by which the,

efliuent water is directed against said sprayer.

4. In a fountain-spittoon, in combination, a bowl,a rotary water-wheel, an inlet-passage to said water-wheel, a casing surrounding said water-wheel, a sprayer fast to said water-Wheel,an outlet from said casing arranged to direct the water against said sprayer, and an outlet to conduct the efliuent water from said bowl. 4

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesscs.

PETER FRASER.

\Vitnesses:

CHARLES S. GOODING, JosEPH S. CRosWELL. 

